Aramian



H. ARAMIAN FOUNTAIN PEN Feb. 14, 1956 Filed Dec. 6, 1954 Tall ATTORNEYSUnited States Patent-o FOUNTAIN PEN Harry Aramian, Bronx, N. Y.Application Decembero, 1954, Serial No. 473,233 4 Claims. (21. 120-51This invention relates to writing devices and more particularly to afountain pen. g

It is an object of the present'invention to provide a writing devicewhich functions as a writing tip.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a writingdevice which maybe used as the usual fountain pen also. p

Still a further object of the-present invention is to provide a writingdevice which is durable and attractive.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a Writingdevice which may be quickly and easily refilled with writing fluid.

Yet another and further object of the present invention is to provide awriting device having all of the desired advantages which isnevertheless inexpensive to manufacture and easy to produce.

Other objects and advantages are set forth in greater detail in theaccompanying specification taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the writing device of the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the writing member of the writing deviceof the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the writing member of the writingdevice of the present invention in one position;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the writing member of the Writingdevice of the present invention in another position; and

Fig. 5 is a view of component parts of the assembly of the writingmember of the writing device of the pres ent invention.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a writing .device or fountainpen 10. The pen consists of a barrel 11 extending substantially theentire length of the pen. Secured to the upper portion of the barrel 11is a cup 12 having a shoulder 14 and a reduced cylindrical portion 15.The shoulder 14 abuts the upper extremity of the barrel 11 and thereduced cylindrical portion 15 frictionally engages a portion of theinner walls of the barrel 11. Disposed within the barrel is a removabletube 16 adapted to be filled with ink and comprising an ink reservoir.One end of the tube is provided with a bulb 17 of flexible materialcarried within the cup 12. The bulb may be made of soft rubber or anyother suitable material and the tube 16 may be made of plastic, glass orof any other suitable material. The other extremity of the tube has anaperture therethrough defining a metering orifice 18 as shown. There isprovided a sleeve 19 engaged by the inner walls of the lower end of thebarrel by means of cooperating threads 20.

It will be realized that while a threaded engagement has been shown, afriction fitor any other form of engagement may be utilized.

A washer 21 is secured to the upper end of the sleeve 19. The sleeve 19is also provided with a plug 22 having a central bore 23 communicatingwith the passage in the metering orifice 18. A split collar 24 isprovided,

the upper rim of which is adapted to abut the lower rim of the sleeve19. The plug 22 has a cone-like portion 25 extending within two separatetapered members 26 and 27 converging to a point 28, said members beingheld on the portion 25 by the collar 24. The upper end of the plug 22 isfrictionally engaged by the inner wall of the sleeve 19. The member 27is provided near one extremity with a pin 29 constituting a finger piecefor the purposes hereinafter set forth.

The desirability of providing a writing device which can be used both asa rounded-point style writing tip and as the usual fountain pen has longbeen recognized. Various attempts have been made to provide such adevice. However, because of the construction of the proposed writingdevices, they were unwieldy necessitating the use of double barrels andvirtually two writing instruments and all details combined in one.According to the present invention, however, I have provided a writingdevice which may be used as a rounded-point style writing tip or as theusual fountain pen at the desire of the user with a simple manualmanipulation. As shown in Figs. 2

- and 3, the two separate members 26 and 27 converge at the same point28 and'when' utilized in this fashion, the writing device of the presentinvention operates in the same fashion as a style writing tip. Themetering orifice 18 permits a sufficient amount of ink to be pro videdto the tip which writes smoothly and easily in the same fashion as theusual style writing tip. In order to use the writing device of thepresent invention as a fountain pen, it is merely necessary to urge thefinger piece 29 in an upward direction moving the separate member 27relative to the member 23 whereby the tip 30 of the member 28 is exposedalone. When used after such manipulation, the writing device of thepresent invention may be used and will operate as a regular fountainpen. The writing device of the present invention, therefore,'can be usedat the desire of the user either as a rounded-point style writing tip ora regular fountain pen by simple movement of the finger piece 29 in onedirection or the other.

For filling the tube 16 with ink, it is merely necessary to remove thesame with the bulb from the barrel 11 and dip it in the ink exertingpressure on the bulb 17 whereupon the tube Will become filled with inkwithout in any way requiring the cone-like portion 25 to be dipped intothe ink. This added feature of the present invention provides forcleanliness in filling and makes the filling operation a relativelysimple one. When the tube 16 is filled, it is reinserted in the barrel.

I have also provided a removable cap 31 having a mouth 13 which isadapted to engage the upper portion of the barrel when using the writingdevice for writing purposes, as shown in Fig. 1, or when the writingdevice is to be carried, the cap 31 may be utilized to cover the writingtip, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It is to be noted that by the present invention there has been provideda writing device which may be utilized either as a rounded-point stylewriting tip or as the normal fountain pen using the same ink reservoir.The writing device is of the normal size of a regular fountain pen. Thetransition from one form of writing to another may be easily and quicklymade as desired by the user thereof.

While the invention has been described in some detail, it will beunderstood that variations and modifications may be made concerning thevarious component parts in the manner of securing them together withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means cone-like shelldivided longitudinally toform two separate portions converging ataipoint arranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passagefrom the reservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having ametering orifice for controlling the-flow of ink to the tip of theshell; and means for shifting one or" the shell portions forwardly withrespect to the other to project the point thereof, said projectedportion being arranged to constitute a writing quill.

2. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means providing an inkreservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell dividedlongitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a pointarranged to constitutea writing tip; means providing a passage from thereservoir to the interior of said shell; and means for shifting one ofthe shell portions forwardly with respect to the other to project thepoint thereof, said projected portion being arranged to constitute awriting quill.

3. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having a removable tube providingan ink reservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell dividedlongitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a pointarranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passage from thereservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having a meteringorifice for controlling the flow of ink to thetipof the shell; and meansfor shifting one of the shell portions forwardly with respect to theother to project the point thereof, said projected portion beingarranged to constitute a writing quill.

4. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having means providing an inkreservoir; a writing tip comprising a cone-like shell dividedlongitudinally to form two separate portions converging at a pointarranged to constitute a writing tip; means providing a passage from thereservoir to the interior of said shell, said means having a meteringorifice for controlling the flow of ink to the tip of the shell; and afinger piece secured to one portion of the shell for shifting saidportion of the shell forwardly with respect to the other portion of saidshell to project the point thereof, said projected portion beingarranged to constitute a writing quill.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS539,115 Braham May 14, 1895 2,324,008 Marshall July 13, 1943 FOREIGNPATENTS 15,080 Great Britain of 1906 673,480 Great Britain June 4, 1952

